November 4, 2016

Hillary Clinton pleaded with supporters to cast their ballots before Tuesday's election, while Donald Trump sought an upset victory fueled by an anti-Washington mood as polls and early voting pointed slightly in the Democrat's favor.

(Paul Mirengoff) Late last month I tuned my car radio to the local news station hoping for a sports update. Instead, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe was doing what I think is a weekly show. He was talking about Donald Trump's advertising in Virginia came up. The combative McAuliffe said he hopes Trump pours plenty of money into the Commonwealth because it will all be wasted. Soon thereafter, though, Clinton began advertising in

WASHINGTON (AP) - Melania Trump was paid for 10 modeling jobs in the United States worth $20,056 that occurred in the seven weeks before she had legal permission to work in the country, according to detailed accounting ledgers, contracts and related documents from 20 years ago provided to The Associated ...

Google Capital has rebranded to CapitalG, Facebook hub gives its election hub top billing in hopes of making you a more informed voter, Wish is rumored to be raising $500 million, Lucas Matney was really impressed by Doppler Labs' Here One device and the NFL is launching a virtual reality series on YouTube. All this on Crunch Report. Read More

Hillary Clinton will campaign with Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James in Ohio Sunday, the Democratic presidential nominee's campaign said in a statement. Clinton and James will appear together at rally in Cleveland NOTE: James endorsed Clinton last month NOTE: Clinton is in Cleveland Friday night; she is set to speak at campaign event in which rapper Jay Z will perform; Beyoncé, Chance the Rapper, Big Sean also said to attend NOTE: Sunday is final day of early in-person voting in Ohio Rela

WASHINGTON (AP) - Melania Trump was paid for 10 modeling jobs in the United States worth $20,056 that occurred in the seven weeks before she had legal permission to work in the country, according to detailed accounting ledgers, contracts and related documents from 20 years ago provided to The Associated ...

President Obama, in N.C. speech to benefit Hillary Clinton's campaign, says people are acting like the stuff Donald Trump says is normal, when it shouldn't be. "I'm a proud Democrat -- but if we had nominated someone who acts like Trump has -- I would have said sorry, I can't support this person." "Imagine if in 2008 I had said any of the things that this man said. Just imagine it. Imagine if I behaved in the way this man behaves" "Imagine what Republicans would've said. Imagine what the press w

Asked by MSNBC's Al Sharpton if he could imagine how he'd feel handing over presidential power to Donald Trump, President Obama says, "No." "You know, the thing is, I don't take any of this personally because he is not who's fit to be president in any circumstances" "I would feel deeply frustrated not because of anything he said about me, but because I would fear for the future of our country" Says majority of Americans "recognize that he's not fit to be president"; challenge is ''who votes does

(John Hinderaker) A jury in Virginia has found Rolling Stone magazine and its reporter Sabrina Erdely liable for defamation in connection with Erdely's now-refuted story of a gang rape at the University of Virginia. The plaintiff in the case is university dean Nicole Eramo, who was portrayed as callous in Erdely's article. The verdict would have been more satisfying if it had been on behalf of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and

The IRS is still targeting tea party groups for illegal scrutiny by refusing to process applications that have been pending for years, a federal court said in a ruling made public Friday, ordering the tax agency to quit stalling.

AIs have more or less mastered chess, Go, and a number of other highly cerebral games — how will they do on something like StarCraft II, which combines high-level strategy with the need for quick reaction times and tactical thinking? Probably great, honestly. And this collaboration between Google's DeepMind and Blizzard will ensure it. Read More

On "With All Due Respect," Sean Spicer, communications director and chief strategist for the Republican National Committee, and Democratic strategist Bill Burton discuss the state of the 2016 race as it enters its final weekend.

When cities are designed and deployed as a single unit, they don't carry the cultural vibrancy of a city built organically in response to the needs and desires of its denizens. The piecemeal approach to integrating smart city technology is more appealing than the built-from-scratch approach — it's the only way to preserve the character of the city. Read More

The Happy Home Company is the latest home services startup to call it quits. The company was founded by Doug Ludlow, who sold his previous startup, Hipster, to AOL (which also owns TechCrunch). Its goal was to take some of the confusion out of the home maintenance process — when something broke in your home, Happy Home's "home managers" would help you find the right… Read More

Bloomberg Politics' Sahil Kapur discusses what a Donald Trump loss in the U.S. presidential election would mean for the Republican Party. He speaks with Bloomberg's Joe Weisenthal, Scarlet Fu and Oliver Renick on "What'd You Miss?" (Source: Bloomberg)

President Obama had to shout down a crowd of Hillary Clinton supporters Friday after they became incensed by a Donald Trump supporter holding up a sign for the Republican nominee at a Democratic rally.

"Everybody sit down and be quiet for a second," Mr. Obama bellowed into the microphone as ...

And the post-Alphabet Google rebranding continues. Google Capital — the company's venture arm that focuses on growth-stage companies (read: those that have proven their idea and are now growing) as opposed to earlier stage startups — is now "CapitalG". All this, its worth noting, is a separate thing from GV, Alphabet's investment arm that focuses on that… Read More

Ed Hyman, Evercore ISI chairman, discusses how the outcome of the U.S. presidential election may impact stocks, the outlook for the U.S. economy and the risks facing global markets. He speaks with Bloomberg's Scarlet Fu on "Bloomberg Markets." (Source: Bloomberg)

We are faced with a huge gender imbalance in technology that is only getting worse. Today, just 24 percent of the U.S. computing workforce is female. New research from Accenture and Girls Who Code estimates that if we stay on our current course, the number of women in computing will fall to 22 percent of the workforce by 2025. The connection is undeniable and decisive action is needed. Read More

Facebook's ad ambitions are expanding to encompass Internet-connected TVs — it will be conducting a test of its ad network on Apple TV and Roku next week. Other online ad companies (including TechCrunch-owner AOL) have explored TV advertising already. In Facebook's case, the company will use Facebook data to target ads for A+E and Tubi TV — basically, what the… Read More